Typewriting-machine



C. S. LABOFISH.

TYPEWHITING MACHINE.

APPLlcATloN FILED APR. 1s. 19|9.

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TYPEWHITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. is. |919.

Patented J une 1, 1920.

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' TYPEWRITING MACHINL.

APPLICATION FILED APR le 1919 Patented June 1 ,g 1920.

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WITNEEEEE P M* HIE ATTHNEY 'and line spacing devices,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

CHARLES S. LABOFISH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY, or ILION, NEW YORK, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

'rYrEwRITrNG-MAOHINE.

Speccation of Letters Patent. Patented June 1, 1920.

Application filed April 16, 1919. Serial No. 290,567.

To all lwho/m. 't may concern; Y

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LABO- rIsH, citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York and State' of New York, have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Typewriting-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to means for facilitating the addressing of cards or envelops, and its general object is to provide new and improved devices of the character specified.V More specifically, my present invention has for its'object the provision of a card or envelop addressing contrivance or attachment which isy complete in itself, being provided readily attached to and detached vfrom typewriting machines without necessitating any alteration in the machine itself, so that the ordinary and 'normal functions of the machine may beV at once brought into use as soon as the attachment or contrivance has been removed. after appear.

To the above ends my invention consists in the features of construction, combinations of devices and .arrangements of parts hereinafter described and Vparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred form of'my invention, t

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the upper partcof a typewriting machine with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front to rear sectional view taken on a plane indicated by the dotted line c in Fig. 1 and looking in the direction lo thearrow. a

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on a plane indicated by the dotted line y 1/ in Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow. v

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of my novel device or contrivance detached.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view on an enlarged scale taken on a plane indicated by the dotted line .e in Fig. i and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. Gis a perspective view of an adjustable side guide.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective vlew.

with card holding y and which may be Other objects will herein- My invention is adapted for use'in connection with a typewriting machine of ordmary construction such as is shown in the drawings, only' so much of said machine being illustrate-l as is necessary for a full understanding of my said invention. The machine comprises a top` plate 1 above which is mounted a slidable platen carriage comprising side bars 2 connected at their forward ends by a front bar 3. A roller 4, mounted at the front of the carriage, coperates with a stationary guide rail 5'. Mounted on the carriage is a roller platen 6 that is provided with line spacing devices comprising a ratchet wheel 7 securedl in fixed relationship with the platen axle near one enoly of the platen. Coperating with said ratchet wheel is a pawl 8 pivotally mountedV on a part 9 that is actuated by a line space lever 10 pivoted at 11 ony the platen carriage. The machine is vof 'the front strike variety, type bars not shown being adaptedv to strike against the front face of. the platen, the printing point Vthereone being indicated at k70. Said type bars are mounted on a stationary segment. yor

support 12 that is secured to across barl3 comprised in theA frame of the machine.y Fixed to the segment is a center.y guide 141 that guides the types as they approach the printing point on the platen, said types printing through a ribbon 15 that is controlled by an upright vibrator 16. Said Vibrator is disposed between and guided by the segment 12 and bar 13 and normally maintains the printing portion of the rib- *bon below the vprinting point p, but Yis `adapted to be moved upwardy at each printthe printing point by 4suitable vibrating f Amechanism. The ribbon 4l5 is Wound on 'spools 17 mounted above the VtopV plate 1, which spools are adapted to be turned by suitable mechanism to feed the ribbon.

y My novel attachment or contrivance comprises, generally stated, an open frame or holder in which the paper, card or envelop ving operation to bring the ribbonopposite mechanism heretofore described. The open -frame aforesaid is best shown in Figs. 3

yand 4, being `designated as' a whole by the reference 18.- lIt is" preferably made of sheet metal and is rectangular in shape, comprising two long horizontally disposed parallel Vtop and bottom bars 19 and 2OV and two .shorterconnecting vertical side bars 2l, the bottom bar 20 being provided witha rear-V wardly turned lip 22. The top bar and side bars are provided with lugs V23 to which `are secured headedpins 24 that serve to guide and sul'aportadjustable guides. These "guides comprise twofside guides 25v and a top guide 26 of like construction, thertop guide, however, ,differing somewhat in difmensionsffrom theside guides. Each side' `gide251is A`formed with a slot 27g-which re Aassociate pin24, said pin being provided, with ashoulder 24 which, as will ybe understood from Fig.Y 5slidablyengages avitl1`the-parallel edges of'theslot 27. The

ceives the ojuterendoft each guide 25 is *provided` with a lip 28 turned rearward at right angles to the body of the guide or slide and providing a guide 'proper for one oflthe side edges of the card or envelop. Thumb nuts 29 serve lo secure the sideguides 25 in adjusted. po-

sitions. The top guide 26 is provided lwith a. vertical slot 3() that cooperates with the f, associate pin 24, saidguide v26 being ,formed with :a Areaiwvardly turned horizontal lip 31 thatcoperates withthe top edge ofthe card,

fthe.v guide 26 being held in adjusted position y 4 f arrangement is such that the .thumb nuts 429 notonly securey .their respective guides byf'a vthumb nut 29. The construction and l adjusted positionsv brit also cooperate withthe pins 24`to'conne said guides to .right line movements` preventing rotary 'displacement yof said guides. Theseguides fafford meansv for adapting the frame to cards, envelops or;worl elements of dilfering dimensions. In Fig. 3 is shown arcard or work element 32, said card resting on the bottom lip ory ledge 22 :and with the side guides25 and thef top guide26adjusted so i that their respective lips or ledges coperate with the sideand top edges of the card or sheet `32. vlt will be apparent that with a larger sheet, envelop or work element the adjustable guides would be movedv outward to receive; it properly and with 'a smaller elementfsaid guides would be moved inward.

lfo'vpermit'of suchy adjustments itis -only necessary of' course Y* to loosen the thumb nnts,j move the adjustable guidesto posi- V,tions wherel Athey 'lightly contact with the v edges ,of 'the work `to tightenthe thiimb nuts.-

sheetjor elementl and then "Turned forward from ,the inside edges ,ofthe VSide hars 2l ofthe card. holder or V carrier are ears 33 formedl with 'slots 34 that receive pins 35projecting laterally inward ,towelv'dell .ber Afrornwtlie rear end porv posed that it tends that they prevent 1 r l f the rear end portionfoh the arm 3'( under the influence 'of the'weight or the sten- 54u is of suiicient width to tions ol" arms 36 and 37, saidarms at their forward ends being perforated to bear on screws. 38 andl39f*The left-hand zone of these screws-.is providedlwith two shouldered portions 38a, 38h, and the right-hand screw 39 has shoulders 39a and 39", as shown in Fig. 3. The smaller shoulders 38h and 39" provide bearings for the respective arms 36 and 37. rSaid screws are threaded into ears or angular extensions 4() bentat right angles and rearward from therdepending end portions 41 of a support or bar 42.l Said bar is horizontallydisposed and'atits ends is also yprovided withfforward extensions 43which receive clamping nuts orY devices 44 by which thev'brarv may be. detachably secured or clamped to-the carriage ofthe v4machine. Each clampingrnu-t comprises a ratchet teeth 50, which are engaged by a spring pawl '5l pivoted atr'52to alug 40a extending downward from ,the4 right-hand ear 40. `The pawl extends upward, and its upper end portion is vcurved or bent, as in-` bow-spiing 53 is secured at one end tol the pawl andat the otherl end tothepart 4l, said spring tending to maintain 'the vpawl in engagement with the ratchet fteeth'vO, the pawl operating v'normally':asfa holding pawl. The ratchet 50 and pawl 5l are so disposed downward movement of 'ence jof thefspring '49.Av AArranged -@on Athe shr'iulderedportion139b of the screwf39 to f the leftlof the arm 37 and contiguous thereto is an arm '54 whicliis perforated to' bear ward and forward, being provided at its free end with a laterally bent linger portion or hey 55. vThis arm ,is normally 'urged vrearward by a spring 5:61 coiled around the l" shoulder 39a of the screw 39 and*anchoredl vat one end tousaid screw, Athe other end of the spring being secured:gtothe arm 54. arm 54 Vis y The provided with a .cut-ont 54?, as best'shown in' Fig. 7, andthe spring 56 normally maintains the or-ward side of vsaid cut-out engaged with radial plinf projecting from the shoulder39". rllhe cut-out permit full movement of the arm`5'4 forward land down- .100 'dicated at 51a, to provide` a finger piece. 'A"' v cil or card carrier and under the 'inllu- 115. `Vrotatablygonsaid shoulder and. curves up` finger piece or key G1.

until the flat faces 48 are ward .in line spacing the work sheet carried 'by the frame or holder 18. PivotedatS on .the arm 54 is a, pawl member 59 provided at its lower endwith a pawltooth 60 adapted to coperate with and actuate the ratchet teeth 50, -its upper arm terminating in a When it is desired to attach the contrivance ltoY the carriage of the machine the thumb pieces 45 of the clamping devices are turned toward the rear,

I A.as indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 2.

of the carriage, the open 1S being disposed betweenthe platen at the lnient of The bar 42 .is then placed on the front bar frame or holder' rear and the ribbon vibrator 16 and center guide 14 at the front. f The downward movethe holder is limited by stationary stops formed of lugs o'r angle -pieces 62 which are secured to the cross, bar. 13by screws y63. In Fig.- 2 the holder is shown .resting on the stops- 62 and at this time the holding pawl 51 is engaged with the lowerinost ratchet tooth of the ratchet50. The

' contrivance is ixedly secured to the carriage by turning the thumb vpieces 45 until the disks 471 frictionally engage with the under Y which operates yright-hand ear vwithdraw the, disks from `being backed l by holdingcontrivance or apparatus will move v bodily,leftward as the carriage is spaced ltoward the left afterthe printing of each isideof the frame or holder,

andadjusted that -movement.will continueuntil the holding .pawl 51 snaps over the ratchet tooth 50 that .is ext tothebottom ratchet tooth of the' side of the lip of the carriage rail 3, the construction l causing the devices 44 when in this position to exert a clamping effect'on Jthe rail73 and to hold the bar l42 tightly engaged with said rail. It may be here lnoted that when it is desired to detach the contrivance thethumb pieces 45 are turned to engagement with ther-ail 3, whereupon the whole contrivance .or apparatus may lbe readily removed. Aslsuming'that the parts .are in the position vshown inFigs. 2 and 3, the card, envelop orworksheet 32 is in position to receive the ,first line of theaddress or other writing, Vthis being written in the usual way .by ac- -tuating the printing instrumentalities which print through the ribbon 15, thesheet 32 the platen 6. Thecard character. The first line of writing `having,y been completed, the operator Vdepresses -tliekey-55, causing-the toothV 60 ofv theactiiatingl pawl to .engage with thel `underly- ,ingratchet tooth 50, depressing said ratchet tooth` and turning the-arm 37 on its pivot,

lifting the rear end portion of said.' arm, through the pin 35 on the 33 of the holder 18, whose motion will betransmitted to the left-hand swinging up the arm 36. These parts are soproportioned his upward or feeding set, thus holding the parts in the raised Y position.

. ivo-rk sheet 32. lVith the piece 5.1a

.downward movement v.of the ears 33 with more up and .envelops or the' like and The holder and work sheet are thusfelevated or fed through a linek space distance, in the present instance about of an inch. After` the second line has been printed the line .spacing or card feedingA operation is repeated, raising the holder and work sheet through another line space distance, the writing of the third or last line inthe present instance taking place lat about l, of an inch from the lower edge of the parts in this position the completed work sheet may be readily removed and a new work or card sheet inserted. Thereafter the operator pushes the key G1 rearward and downward from the full line to the dotted line position in ,Fig 2, resulting in the swinging of the pawl tooth 60 forward and upward 'and causing that normally there is a lostmotion or'clearance between the pawl tooth 60 and the imderlying ratchet tooth 50, this clearance permitting the pawl tooth to be swung moveV said pawl member 59y independently of ,its supporting part or carrier 54. The` felongation of the openings or slots 34 is sufficient to compensate for vthe slight arc in which the arms 3,6 and 37 swing as opposed to the straight line up-and-down movement rwhich ythey coperatie.

lt willalso be noted that the card, envelop .or ywork sheet isconlined betweenthe front.

faceof the platen and the upright walls of the' open frame 18.sovthat while a card may down freelypit is prevented from falling out ofplace in the frame.

` l My invention providesa` comparatively simple and cheap device for use with cards, y which may readily be attached tov and removed from existing vtyleS of typewritingmachines without requiring alterationA apparent of course tionof my invention may be varied without departing from it.'n order-tov adapt itfor use with different makes, ofV writing machines. Q

It is to be'understood that incertain of the appended claims the term fcard holding contrivance and similar expressions is of such machines.4v Itis the pawl751 forward .freely out of thepath of the ratchet teeth f .when the `key, l61 is actuated, as described to that details ofconstrucused generically Ufor a contrivance or apparatus'that maybe employed-in Writing on anyr other suitable vWork element besides cards, 'suc-h as envelope, stencil sheets and `the like. M

What I claim as `nenT and by Letters Patent, is rk l. In combination with the platen cai'- desire to secure riage-of a yWriting machine; a detachable ca'rcv holding contrivance comprising a support, means for detachably securing said support-Vto the carriage, a card or sheet holder, connections l'for movably connecting said holder vWith said support, 'and means for line spacingl said card vholder while the platen of the machine remains quiescent.

strike Writing machine, the a platen carriage and 'a de- 2. In a front combination of tachablev card holding contrivance 'comprisspacing means being detachable with and i included in said detachable contrivance, and

' -tion of a platen,

means for securing said bar to said carriage.

3. In a typeWriting machine, the combination yof 'a platen, a carriage, line spacing mechanism for said platen, and a card holding -contrivance detachably Vsecured to said J carriage, said contrivance comprising separate line spacing means for the card Which operates to line space the card 'entirelyfindependently of saidV for said platen.

`4f. In ay typevvritingv machine, the rcombination *o lak platen, a carriageV therefor, and a detachable card holding contrivance coin- -prising an upright card holder, apsuppo'rt secured detachably to said carriage, and Vmeans for moving said holder independently of said platento line Vspace the Work ment "carried by said holder.

l5. Ina typewriting eledetachable card VAprising an upright card holder,-a support vsecured detachably to said complete key coi'itr'olledl means mounted on carriage, and

detachable therewith `for said support and l element carried by Vsaid feeding the Work holder.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combina- "tion of la carriage and a detachable card holding contrivance comprising an upright card holder, support clamped toy said carriage, arms pivotally mounted on said support and connected to `said 4card holder, paWl and ratchetdevices operative onone of said -arinsto feed said `card holder, and a key for operating said paWl and ratchet devices, 'said keybeing part of-and'detachable with said -contrivance paWl, said actuating line spacing mechanismv machine, the combina-l a carriage therefor, and Vav holding contrivance 'coinbar to the front bar of "Otally connected to said ams, and line 'spacing devices for said card holder lcomprising a ratchet, anactuating pavvl, anda holding pawl being operative to render said holding pawl inoperative.

Line spacing a ratchet, a pivoted ke'v -pivotedon said key, and a holding pawl, said actuating pavvl being operative by said key to effect line spacing movements and being operative independently of said key vhereby both paWls are thrown ont-ofthe path of said ratchet. Y

9.. Line spacing contrivances comprising a ratchet, a pivoted key, an actuating paWl pivoted on said key, and a holding paWl, said actuating paWl being operative keyto effect line spacing movements, said actuating pa'wl having a movement independent ofsaid key to throw rsaidholding pavvl out of use. y Y

10. In a` typewriting machine, the-combination of 'a platen,l a carriage provided frame, arms loosely connected to said frame, a bar .provided With ears to which said arms conti'ivances comprising ,an actuating paWl by Saidk V With a front bar, an uprighty card holding are pivotally ccnnected, devices for detach-r ably clamping said last recited bar to the front bar ofv the carriage, and line spacing devices for said frame, said devices operating independently of said platen.

ll. VIn av typewritinginachine, the coinbination of a carriage,'a lplaten thereon, an upright card holding frame a bar provided `with ears, arms pivotally connected to said i ears .and to said frame,- devicesv for detachablyrlamping said bar to the carriage, line v spacing devices'for said frame, saidy devices operating independently of said platen, and a stationary stop for limitingmovei'nent 'of said 'frame inone direction. f

' 12.l In a front strike typevvriting machine,` l'

the combination of a platen, a carriage provided With a front bar, an upright card holdingv frame, arms loosely connected -to said iframe, a bar provided With ears to ivhic'h ksaid arms are, A-fo'r detachablyclamping said last .recited the carriage, line spacing vdevices for' said fraine, said devices operating independently of said platen, and a Astationary 'top for limiting movement of said frame.

13. In a typewriting machine, lthey coinb'ination of'a platen, a carriage, an upright card holding frame, arms loosely thecarriage, Varms pivotally cn said barja'nd tor said frame, means lfor moving said frame one direction comprising pawl and ratchet devices associated with one pivotally connected, devi'cesj downward nected to connected :to said frame,- a bar detachahly clamped to 10 means being provided for "of said arms, and means for moving'said frame in the opposite direction comprising a spring connected with the other of said arms.

14.111 a typevvriting machine, a card holder comprising an open rectangular frame, one side being formed with an angu-V lar lip, and the other three sides having adjustable slides provided With guide lips, clamping the Siuned at the borough of Manhattan, city E i' of eW York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day 0'v15` y i April, A. D. 1919.

CHARLES S. LABOFISH.

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' CHARLES E. SMITH,

E. M. WnLLs. 

